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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
WOMEN AND EXERCISE.


says They Need Rest.
There is a deal of nonsense about the
wonderful good health and fine physiques
of our grandmothers, writes Janet Dale in
the Chicago Ners American women are
told continually that theii want of health
is becoming proyerbial Ayeragely this
mythical increasing fragility is attributed
to insufficient exercise. Yet out-of-door
amusements are the "fad" of the time.
The young woman who does not indulge
in lawn games, row, ride, take long walks.
aud occupy her leisure in one way or an
other nth more'or less violent exercise is
quite behind the swim.
Yet the same old cry swelsup from time
to time about the inactivity of American
women. The physical culture of the
ancients and the robustness of their grand
DANES is held up before their accredited
weakly vision. Women who work in the
fields are shows to them, figuratively, as
specimens of perfect physical development.
Statistics do not support the assertions
that the women of to-day are less healthy
than those of fifty or seyenty-fiye years
ago. Instead, the old fact in figures stares
the garzy theory in the face with the as
surance that longevity in women has in
creased large percentage during that
period Neither does comparison of the
women who pass their lives in field-work
and those employed in industries more
suited to their sex support the story of
their superior physical condition. They
are found early in life with bent frames,
furrowed brows, misshapen hands and
feet, often with disorders peculiar to their
sex, incurred from exposure and over
work.
1t is true that most women do not know
enough about the laws that govern health
and the diseases incident to their sex. But
they are wise in this particular in compar-
ison with their grandmothers.
TIE American woman of to-day is far
healthier than the women who preceded
her. She is no less active because she may
not spin and weave, make butter and
cheese. In reality she is the hardsst-work-
ing woman in the world.
More exercise is not what the majority
of American women need IL is more re-
laxation-more rest The indoor labor
performed by the average American house
wife is astonishing. The English and
German women do not attempt to do half
of the work of an ordinary American wife
and mother. American women of middle
apt to do so from too much exercise than
from Inactivity.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
For raspberry stains mixture of weak
ammonia and water is the best.


We have in our experience, met number
of men, in every imaginable line of business:
but the happest, most energetic and agree
able fellows are the agents of the weil-known
and popular "Davis Sewing Machine They
are MS happy as the day is long. They make
everybody with whom they have dealings feel
the same. Why is it? They are men from the
ordinary paths of life, chosen more for their
honesty and respeetability than on account OF
mechanical skill, because this DAVIS" ma
chine is the very acme of mechanical simple
itv and requires no skill in its manipulation.
One hours operation in customers house
amnly demonstrates this fact and its advan
tages become ut once apparent. II does not
take the lady long to decide il, favor OF this
machine, finding, as she does, that she can do
work on 1t that would be impossible on ma
chimes of the nnderfeed pattern. Any lady
who has any knowledge of the Davis and othes'
machines. will tell you without hesitation that
the Davis IS incomparably the best Not only
win il perform more than double the work
possible with any other machine but the work
i done with half the eNcriion and With an
ease that is as pleasing as IL is surprising.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.
An Observer Says She is More Robust
Than of Yore.


Two old fellows loafiing in a club win
dow the other day were discussing with
some warmth the evolution Of the Ameri-
can girl They agreed that she had in
creased in both stature and girth since the
days when they were young bucks.
The old gentleman declared that the in
PRODUCTION of athletics for women had add
ed two inches at least to their stature.
and that women with waists under 2i
inches were uncommon, whereas when he
was young fellow anything over 20 was
considered vulgar, and they often succeeded
in lacing themselves down to Is. And
by Jover' said one of them, I'VE enconr-
aged that hideous practice by admiring it,
sir. / blush when | remember it and look
at my daughter, if do say it myself, as
fine young woman as you'd find in a
month of Sundays. Five feet 7 to a hair
26 inches around the waist and 80 around
the chest and bust Checks like peach
and can jump fences, swim like a fish.
walk ten miles. or play tennis all day.
Cad, sir, she's glorious" They came to
the conclusion that, as whole, the girl of
to-day was. as physical specimen, vastly
her mothers superior.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
THE GOOD MANS CREED.

4 little thought and little care,
a little tenderness now and then,
precious speech and a courtly air
May give one rank among gentlemen;
But he who merits the highest place.
Though clad in homespun cloth, tits true
Is one who carries Il heart of grace,
And is really nobleman through and
through.
All! not in 1t leafet here and there
Is the lovely scent of the rose conveyed:
Nor is there corner within it where
The fragrance turks, and the treasures laid:
Butevery petal is truly filed
Pink or crimson, or saffron hue
With odors rich, by the dews distilled
And the rose is a sweet rose through and
through.
And yonder billow with foaning crest
SO bright and sparkling, so glad and free
May seem of u lighter make than the rest
or the mighty sweep of the solemn sea;
But there's not drop in the crucible
Never drop since the world was new,
That wouldn't the selfsame story tell,
That the sea is a salt sea through and
through.
The tree is stunted, the vine is spoiled
There's neither blossom nor leaf nor fruit,
When the sap in its upward reach is foiled
And fettered close in the tangled root,
And there's nothing sound, and there's moth
ing strong,
There's nothing good, and there's nothing
true,
That is not honesty-right along
Sweet and savory through and through.
Faithfully faithful to every trust:
Honestly honest in every deed;
Righteously righteous ana Justly just
This is the whole of the good mans creed.
The Earth.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

be opened again BY the Lindells. Never
to be opened again in Easton as Tonga the
little village contained voters enough who
remembered the mysterious signs, to vote
againsuit.
There were many young men who had
gone SO far on the terrible down-hill road
that they no longer cared to turn back,
but the younger Mrs. LindelI felt that her
artistic talent had been the means of saw
ing many hundred, and, as she carefully
destroyed the box Of paints and her brush
es, she breathed a prayer of thankfuiness
that strength had been given her to paint
the humiliating pictures and put the blame
exactly where it belonged.
She and Silly Jim kept their own coun-
sci and in the village of Easton the myster-
ious signs still remain mystery
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
EDISON'S LATEST.
Turning TIE Heat of "a Domestic Fur
mace Into Light and Power.

Turning TIE Heat of Domestic Fur
mace Into Light and Power.
Among the most interesting of the
elghty-one papers read before the learned
delegates to the American Association for
the Advancement of Science was one by
Thomas A. Edison, read by Prof George
+. Barker, upon novel proposition
namely: the conversion Of heat into power
directly by means of magnetism, and by
the same principle, the conversion of heat
into electricity. OF his discovery Mr..
Edison says, according to the New York
S,.a:
Since whenever magnetic field varies
in strength in the vicinity Of q conductor,
current is generated in that conductor, it
occurred to me, that by placing an iron
core in magnetic circle and varying the
magnetizability of that core by varying it's
temperature, it would be possible to gener-
ate a current in coil of wire surrounding
this core.
Acting upon this idea, Mr.. Edison plac-
ed eight electromagnetic in circle, all
their positive poles in contact with one
iron disk, and their negative poles in con
tact with another. Passing through the
disks and joining them he placed an equal
number of rolls Of thin corrugated iron,
each roll opposite the two poles respective
ly of the electro magnets. He wound the
eight iron rolls with insulated wire. When
this simple apparatus was placed over a
furnace so that hot air passed through the
rolls, they become straightway non-mag-
netic. Then he fitted semicrcular plate
below the lower disk to shut off the heat
from half the rolls SO that they became
magnetic, and half, being hot, were nom
magnetic. By revolving this semicircular
plate the rolls were first heated and then
cooled, and by this means electricity was
generated IN the coils of wire surrounding
the rolls.
Mr. Edison thinks that this device can be
SO modified as to furnish electric lights for
whole house by means of the heat from
an ordinary furnace, and he will pursue
his experiments in that direction. He calls
the machine the pyromagnetic generator
The proposed pyromagnetic moter is thus
described: A wheel is swung on an axis
perpendicular to the plan of a permanent
magnet. The wheel is made of tubes of
thin iron, which are heated to redness by a
current of hot air. A screen covers part
ofthe tubes, cooling them by shutting the
hot air off as the wheel revolyes. As a
magnet attracts cold iron more strongly
than hot iron. the cooled tubes of the wheel
are drawn to the magnet, and SO the wheel
is revolved.
This motor has been tried experimental
ly by Mr.. Edison, and he is now construct
ing machine of three horse power. The
output of electrical energy will be greater,
he thinks, than in any device now known,
and the cost of operation less.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
HEREDIrY IN HANDWRITING.

Do you believe in heredity in hand
writinga A friend advocates the theory
to me with much show Of reason His
life has been long one, aud he says that
now, 10 noticing the signatures of children
Of friends of his, he is frequently startled
by the close relations of their penmanstip
to that of their parents. Inquiry docs not
demonstrate that the children have inten-
tionally copied the handwriting Of their
sircs, but without intent have come into
the same pecuIiarities. In some instances
the difference between the twoconld scarce
ly be distinguished The student Of here
dity and its many whims has here new
field Of labor that might prove interesting
in the dcyelopmeat.--Ro assr Ifexs.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

is beautiful with bad skin. covered with
pimples, freckles, moth or tan. / have
been asked many times what will remove
these unsightly blemishes. No face paints
or powders will remove them, as they are
caused by impure blood. The only sure
remedy have ever seen is Sulphur Bitters,
and in hundreds of cases | have never
known them to fail Editress Fashion Ga
zette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

Perfection Bustles, the best and cheap
est bustics sold at the price, 90 cents;
They always keep in place and IN g"1u
shape, and wear beyond eNpeciationS.--E'
b. Humphreys 4 Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

U0II can 1--we at home, ana make more mon
VIII ey at york for us, than at any thing else
IUU in this world. Capital not needed; you
are started free. Both sexes; all ages.
Any one can do the work. Large earnings
sure from the first start Costly outfit and
terms free Better not delay. Costs you moth
ing to send us your Address and find ont; if you
are wise you Will do so q. once. Ii. HALLETT &
Co., Portland, Maine,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

Prices of Groceries. Best headlight,
high test coal oil, 10c. per gallon. We
don't keep the lower grades, there's
danger enough in the best. Lewis
lye, 10c; saponifier, Sc. per box; pure
pepper, zoe. h., &c. per quarter; pure
ginger, 1Gc. h., sc. per quarter; best
nutmegs, sc. per o.; extract coffee,
2 boxes for &C.; baking soda. &c. paper
or in bulk, the very best, Sc. h.; large
bottles Rumford's yeast powder, 10c.;
large boxes sitting blue, &C.; large bot
ties Bengal blueing, &c.; best gran
ulated sugar, re. ;3lbs. Kings
ford's pure starch, 1885,, single
pound, 7c.; corn starch, &c. h.; Proc
ter & CANDLES Oleine soap, &C.;
Pyles' Pearline, 7c., or A papers 25c.;
lbs. washing soda, 10c.; McMonigle
& Rogers, large bottles fruit extracts
lemon, 20c,; vanilla, 25c.; large bot
ties extract lemon, &c.; large bottles
castor oil, &c.; 2 ID. cans corned
beef, zoe. All groceries as low as the
times will admit.
e. Il. HI MPHREYS Il co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

| bottle Hires Root Beer 10 cts, lbs.
sugar % cts, With one-half cake fleish,
man $ yeast will make five gallons rich and
delicious beer-sold at Humphreys
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
DOES LIFE INSURANCE PAY?
EXAMPLE OF LIFE POLICY
IN THE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
OF NEW YORK,

OF NEW YORK,
Dated August 30, 1915. Age 81. Annual Pre-
MUM, $3.50. Amount, 5000. Died
March, 1891.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure you subscription to any paper or
magazine published at much lower price
thansthe regular rate, and you viii do well to
lie us know if you are contemplating a sub
scription TO any publication.
THE MONITOR Woodstown, N j.
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08
Meaning Well and Doing Well.

There is good deal of rudeness be-
tween boys in their intercourse and
bearing with one another that is not
really intended as such, but is not,
therefore. any the less to be disap-
proved. 1t is often simply the over
flow Of excessive high spirits. But the
very best good humor. unrestrained by
the proper bounds and limitations,
may become the most positive incivil-
ity.
We often apologize for the coarse
ness Of people by saying: He means
we'll" 1t is well if we can make such
an apology for them. for if their rude
ness j. really intentional. they are not
fit to be received into any worthy per-
sons society. But they who mean
well should also do we'll, and the ways
Of pOlit,ness are never so easily learn
ed II in youth.
The boy who is habituallY coarse and
rude in his bearing toward other boys
will be such as man toward men. and
all his life will never gain the reputa-
ton Of being a gentleman-BaDti
HeeE'n
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08

WyandOtte Kan, Sept. "a, 'S7.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Sir: Believing there is
space in your well edited paper, l
desire to make known to the good
people of Topeka, the kind Hospital
ity shown me while in your city.
We were met at the e. P depot by
Sir Geo. Alternately, P. C. NJ. of st.
Pauls Temple, No. 275, and were
taken to his residence, No. AT B ST..
where Mrs. Callie Abernathy, C. P.
of Massedonian Tabernacle, No. 362,
met US at the door and cordially in
vited US in. After resting a few
minutes, Miss Jennie McClarry ap
peared and after interviewing us up
on the topics of the day, furthe
continued pleasure by scaling the
notes on her fine organ, playing sew
eral tunes. We soon concluded that
her musical ability was excellent.
The next day We were inYited out
to dinner at Mrs. Hogg's, and We
Jared sumptuouslv on the delicacies
of the season. Next we visited the
great State house, and made thor
ough perusal of the entire buildign,
and must say cur curiosity was highly
excited over the wonderful edifce.
Also we purposed to notice the Rap
id Transit in full operation. In the
near future We expect to pay the
metropolis, situated cn the shining
banks of the quiet little Kaw, anoth-
e visit. Yours &c. I. B. ]. r.
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Ham Toast-Mince some boiled
! ham very fine, stir in a pint of cream,
with pepper, mustard, butter, and tive
eggs boil and pour over nicely Drowned
toast Set in the oven to dry.-Indidn-
GpoliS Sentinel.
The best feed for a setting fowl
(according to Fanny Field. who is good
authority is corn, pure and simple.
1t is to be observed, however, that this
is by no means the best food for fowls
under other circumstances.
In discussing bloat in cattle before
a farmers club, one of the members
said that when turning cattle on young
clover ne usually placed old hay where
they could get it, and the consequence
was that the cattle would always eat
portion of the old hay, which, having
been dry, absorbed the moisture and
prevented injurious results. -Indidnap-
oils Journal.
Potato Fritters. Boil and peel six
large potatoes or a dozen smaller ones;
mash them we'll, and add four well
beaten eggs. little cream or milk.
chopped parsley, chives, salt and pep
per. and mix the whole together. Raise
on the end of knife about teaspoon
full OF this paste, and drop it into pan
of boiling lard or butter, when the
paste will swell and form a light. round
fritter.-BOSton Budget.
Apple Cake.-Take light bread
dough and shorten it, or make a crust
just as you would for soda biscuits, and
roll out about one-half an inch thick,
then cut good sour apples into quar-
tiers, and again into eighths, and place
the rows on the crusts, sprinkle with
sugar and spice to the taste and bake,
or you need not season but very little
and make a sauce of butter, sugar and
water and pour over it.-Erchmge.
Chickens cough when they have
gapes. Feed them chopped onions
sprinkled with sulphur. Blow sui ulphur
down the throat-just a little-or in
ject kerosene oil into the nostrils that
they may breathe the fumes of the
same all night. Underlay the coop in
which they brood at night with car
bolated lime; the heat of the brood
will cause the acid to be freed, the
breathing of which will remove the
cause. But first move the coop to
clean, shaded quarters. where they
may be as cool as possible. A chickens 5
heart beats 80 times a minute and it
never perspires. Sometimes heat is a
worse enemy to chickens than cold
Home and Farm.
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08

The Kind of Food That Il Relished Most
by Sheep.

The Kind OF Food That L. Relished Most
by Sheep.
1t is well known that the sheep, of
all our domestic animals, most relish
fine fodder. Sheep take infinite pains
to select the finest parts of the grasses
the heads, leaves and fine branches
of clover, leaving the main stalk in
their racks untouched; while cattle
and horses will eat all alike, if of good
quality. We remember that a noted
farmer once made the strong state
ment, that cutting fodder for sheep
was waste of time, and that they did
not eat it as well after as before cut
ting. This led us to experiment to test
the correctness of his statement We
took fifty pounds of early cut and
nicely cured timothy hay and fed it to
sixty thrifty. common sized, medium
wOoled sheep. in clean racks After
giving them longer than the usual time
to eat it. we found twelve pounds of
fragments left The next day fifty
pounds of the same hay. cut short, was
fed to them, and after the same length
Oftime for eating, we gathered up every
thing in the racks, and found only two
pounds, and this composed of the
longest bits of hay. We made also
comparative experiment with clover
hay, corn-stalks and straw, and found
the saving as great in proportion. In
the case Of corn-stalks. they would eat
nearly all of them after cut
ting one-eighth inch long. the
butts being cut into tim shavings,
the tough hard rind 1roken into
shreds; while in the uncut state, they
would eat only the leaves. tassels and
fine parts, leaving the stalk almost en-
tire. We tried with cut feed Of various
lengths. and found that the shorter it
was cut the cleaner they would eat it
Invariably the longest straws were
left. We found. practically, that no
other animal is benefited SO much oy
cutting its fodder as the sheep. The
principal saving in cutting is that it is
all eaten and therefore the animals APP
pear TO eat less. 1t is an excellent
plan to mix hay and straw together
after cutting. or they may be mixed
before cutting. In this way sheep will
eat nearly all the straw. and keep in
good condition. By cutting. food of
different qualities may be mixed to-
gether and thus save all. 1t is then in
q convenient form for mixing in bran.
middlings or meal. Sheep may be
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08

m. Ky, Aug. 1O'-rhe
'I,''l'sl csIorsd Press Association
'.,sd O,.SI resolutions denounc-
sur y i the legisl latures Of
: Virginia, Tennessee and
- J. making inter-marriages
y -, ''...d race, with other ma
'r'is ) penal offence espe''aa,y a,
';.,ss committed against col
,,nsn BY white men ra;9;en are Over
n unfortunate condition
u The law and public sentl-
= no control; and decla ring
III recently passed BY the
legislature, making it a
ounishable BY fine and in
m. for any person to teach
! child in a white school, Or
=. i the work Of unreas on
...,;ncipled men, who are q
j . the position they hold
j n common country.
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08
AGRICULTURAL BIGOTRY.
why Farmers should Aim to Control
Their FoIbles and Prejudices-

Bigotry. or an obstinate and un-
reasonable attachment to particular
opinions and practices. is not confined
to religious or political affairs. There
il ~ strong an adherence TO certain
notions about agriculture as concern
ing any political opinions or religious
doctrines. 1t is generally acknowl-
edged that farmers are more likely to
be bigoted in relation to politics than
persons Of equal intelligence who are
engaged in other pursuits. Observers
The benevolent banner., 1887-10-08
c.l,,.d Teacher Forced to
q Resign.

r.,hiugtOn, Aug, 10 lSPec'"'j.
.s,.m 4. Councill, principal Of the
n. Normal and Industrial school po
- u..t.ville. i, Ala, has resigned his
j t may be remembered that
i csupcill is the colored teacher
/. =. driven out Of a first-class
.,,n 1 Southern railroad several
IN. 400 and whose complaint has
I. nnder consideration by the In
,,:,,ts Commission. In his letter Of
..irn,tion Mr.. Councill says. The
NE that I, with some Of my teach
4 and pupils who were leaving the
.ly entered the ladies car on the
rsmubls and Charleston Railroad at
n deuOt on June A." for the pur-
of forcing social equality" has
nlea 70 much unjust and unreasoh-
III prejudices against me as to
Asslen the abolition of this school
nlAsnnt legislature. i'll am retain
i 4 principal; therefore for the love
ltHsior my race and the cause Of
SualiOn, / hereby tender my resign
alM | have too much interest in
IllsIValion 0fmy race to retain q
lAee 1.-THE cost of school;too much
pastlOlan0 to be instrumental in IN
dudng tlegIlature to such extrem-
iiy and loonuch self-reapect to COM
psonilauy nalhood by asking for
GrnlgnTthing which the highest
vReItaflltian manliness does not
aa0ns' Its, | trust, improper for
a''e declare my disconnection with
'''alalF q June 4, and | point with
ras Y The afidayits and statements
v''Asa'y'eight witnesses to the fact
= Ras not IN the ladies' car un-
aoidered there BY the conductor
!. l0' 'nls against the testimony Of
N Z -
~ "aAe men. But alas, all Of
Y, Y witnesses except three are guilty
a'lls objectionable crime in this
Y q being negroes, whose test,-
i, vas not considered in forming
! ! nasty ai verdict Of those demanding
''.',isll !, dismissal. s' Ny views upon the
4Ou q social equality" are we'll
's.a '.n Q al. ! have always been
~ !, ana shall ever be opposed to
l.. j y phases. Ny liberal con
" sentiments Of the past shall
ae.,~ sSlcy 70 tie future, regardless
\ !, a'FfS Y Of demagogues to prove
n. V contrary and drive me
n !, ~a'se Of persistent liberality
sAlfsh devotion to the well
race and my country
~ y
a..,..., .'ancill has been an active
pl1.'l y politics for some years
III s'a'e Commissioner Bragg
Y commended him in the
- \. s'ns as gentleman Of edu-
|Assssau y refinement. He made q
~. olaOle impression on the In
ah,.au,O commission BY his modestv
n sence. But be apparently
s,.a'.. Y sort Ofa man who i want
~ ,l't y !. IN the education and eIe-
n, NJ ne people Of his own race
New SOUTH